Farako, Ségou

Commune and town in Ségou Region, Mali

13°24′37″N 6°23′12″W / 13.41028°N 6.38667°W / 13.41028; -6.38667Country

MaliRegionSégou RegionCercleSégou CerclePopulation

(2009 census)^[1]

• Total17,570Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Farako is a small town and rural commune in the Cercle of Ségou in the Ségou Region of southern-central Mali. The commune lies on the north bank of the Niger River and contains 11 settlements in an area of 200 square kilometers.^[3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 17,570.^[1] The town of Farako is the chef-lieu of the commune.

References

^ ^a ^b Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Ségou) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique, archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-22.
^ Common and Fundamental Operational Datasets Registry: Mali, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, archived from the original on 2012-01-06. commune_mali.zip (Originally from the Direction Nationale des Collectivités Territoriales, République du Mali)
^ Communes de la Région de Ségou (PDF) (in French), Ministère de l’administration territoriale et des collectivités locales, République du Mali, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-09.

External links

Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire Commune Rurale de Farako 2007-2011 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2007.

Communes and towns of Ségou Region, Mali

Capital: Ségou

Bla Cercle